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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Management for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Arts & Media Management is the 136th most popular major in the country with 4,788 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,900 and had an average of $25,520 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 393 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,374 and $28,300 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Management for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in arts and media management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent arts and media management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the arts and media management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Management for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Management for a Master’s”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Management for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boston U is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 28 masters’s media management degrees in 2020-2021.
Boston U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 15 of the 32,718 students enrolled at Boston U were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,162. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Boston University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Management for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Berklee College of Music landed the #2 spot on the list. Berklee College of Music is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 82 masters’s media management degrees to qualified students.
Berklee College of Music also took the #2 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 6,631 students enrolled at Berklee College of Music, 365 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 288 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,264. During this same period, 25 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Berklee College of Music does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Berklee College of Music Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Media Management for a Master’s. Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s media management degrees to qualified students.
Yale also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, Yale University supports 12,060 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,238. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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